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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Tiny, leafless fairy lanterns are easily overlooked on the forest floor. Thismia abei, endemic to Japan, persists in small, unstable populations and is listed nationally as Critically Endangered. Our recent work has revealed another, less obvious form of obscurity.
Kenji Suetsugu +2 more
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Carbon translocation from a plant to an insect-pathogenic endophytic fungus
Nature Communications, 2017 The endophytic fungusMetarhizium robertsiiis also an insect pathogen and can facilitate transfer of insect-derived nitrogen to host plants. Here, the authors show that carbon is transferred from plant to fungus suggesting a tripartite interaction where ...
Scott W. Behie +5 more
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A role for programmed cell death in the microbial loop. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The microbial loop is the conventional model by which nutrients and minerals are recycled in aquatic eco-systems. Biochemical pathways in different organisms become metabolically inter-connected such that nutrients are utilized, processed, released and ...
Mónica V Orellana +4 more
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The Response of Zigadenus fremontii to Variation in Fire Regime [PDF]
, 2010 California\u27s chaparral shrub communities are naturally exposed to dry-season fire. It could be reasoned that prescription burns set during the wet season by land managers would have more detrimental effects on plant regeneration than dry season fires
Dinis, Shannon Elizabeth
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Optimal allocation patterns and optimal seed mass of a perennial plant
, 2013 We present a novel optimal allocation model for perennial plants, in which assimilates are not allocated directly to vegetative or reproductive parts but instead go first to a storage compartment from where they are then optimally redistributed.
Kozlowski, Jan, Mironchenko, Andrii
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Senescent trees stabilize aboveground wood net primary production immediately after disturbance [PDF]
, 2020 In the United States, forests sequester 17% of national carbon (C) emissions annually (UGCRP, 2018), however shifting forest disturbances threaten the stability of this essential C sink.
Grigri, Maxim S
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Transfer of 13C between paired Douglas-fir seedlings reveals plant kinship effects and uptake of exudates by ectomycorrhizas [PDF]
, 2017 • Processes governing the fixation, partitioning, and mineralization of carbon in soils are under increasing scrutiny as we develop a more comprehensive understanding of global carbon cycling.
Asay, Amanda Kathleen +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Field inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) offers a promising route to improve sustainable agriculture and food production, yet results are often variable. We investigated the mycorrhizal growth response of maize and wheat varieties recommended for farmers and found substantial variation under greenhouse conditions.
Ido Rog +5 more
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Unravelling collembolan life belowground: Stoichiometry, metabolism and release of carbon and nitrogen [PDF]
, 2007 This thesis investigated carbon and nitrogen dynamics of soil dwelling Collembola by using direct measurements and stable isotope additions. In an isotope change experiment, collembolans exchanged between 6 and 10% of carbon and nitrogen in their body ...
Larsen, Thomas
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract In brood‐site pollination mutualisms, where flowers provide nutrition and shelter to pollinator offspring in exchange for pollination, resource allocation to inflorescences is directly related to plant and pollinator fitness.
Manasa Kulkarni +3 more
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